It is impossible to conceive anything at all in the world, or even out of it, which can be taken as good without qualification, except a good will.
IMMANUEL KANTWar seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love of honor, without selfish motives.
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Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being.
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All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being.
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Without man and his potential for moral progress, the whole of reality would be a mere wilderness, a thing in vain, and have no final purpose.
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If justice perishes, then it is no longer worthwhile for men to live upon the earth.
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Human beings are never to be treated as a means but always as ends.
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The history of nature, begins with good, for it is God’s work; the history of freedom begins with badness, for it is man’s work.
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How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.
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Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.
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Man desires concord; but nature know better what is good for his species; she desires discord.
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Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
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If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled.
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All human cognition begins with intuitions, proceeds from thence to conceptions, and ends with ideas.
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It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.
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